Intro to Inquiry - Roles of Students and Teachers

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What are the roles of students and teachers during inquiry lessons?

Review the following resources and answer the questions below.

What are the children doing during an inquiry activity?
  • Trying to figure out how many droplets of water can fit on top of a penny.
  • Intercommunication between groups.
  • Learning how to record data.
  • Learning how to create a histogram.
  • Learning how to replicate results.
  • Understand error distribution.
  • Learn how to cooperatively create a protocol.

What are the teacher's roles during an inquiry activity?
  • Explain objectives to students.
  • Introduce apparatuses to students.
  • Explain the general procedure.
  • Account for time passed.
  • Facilitate different groups' ideas.
  • Explain how to create a histogram.
  • "Hint" towards why the distribution looks as it is.
  • Guide students to creating a protocol.